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by Scott Marshburn
Sun, Apr 10 2011, 9:13AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Re: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

Kerry You are probably wright about that I tried using a 1/64 gap between the pockets thinking that the over sized cutter would over cut the gap but the bit still left a small ridge between the pockets. again this was done late fri. eve. so I did not have time to try it in ecab. I am attaching the ...
by Scott Marshburn
Sun, Apr 10 2011, 8:50AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Re: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

Kerry You are probably wright about that I tried using a 1/64 gap between the pockets thinking that the over sized cutter would over cut the gap but the bit still left a small ridge between the pockets. again this was done late fri. eve. so I did not have time to try it in ecab. I am attaching the d...
by Scott Marshburn
Sun, Apr 10 2011, 7:31AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Re: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

Kerry Thanks for your input. As for the pockets overlapping I was going off of the saction in ecabinets made easy where it talks about using the part editor to place geometry onto a part and how this geometry can overlap and then be used to cut pockets and through cuts.It also showed an example of a...
by Scott Marshburn
Sat, Apr 09 2011, 2:09PM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Re: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

I agree about panelmatrix and it is probably a good investment if we were cutting doors daily. I was just wanting to see if any one has tried this work around using ecab.hoping to avoid wasted time testing. Maby Monday I can talk the boss into giving it a try. Another note if you plan to try it your...
by Scott Marshburn
Sat, Apr 09 2011, 12:07PM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Re: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

Scott, This is a door created from a cabinet with everything deleted but the back. I created three tool paths and cut pockets. I can now contrain the tool paths and re-size the door in batch to nest them. mdf.jpg Have you cut this door using 3 cutters or are you modling? The dxf file I cut using po...
by Scott Marshburn
Sat, Apr 09 2011, 8:09AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors
Replies: 20
Views: 16893

Question about using custom cutters for mdf doors

Has anyone tryed using pockets created in ecab to cut mdf doors with 3 custom cutters?
I have done this with a dxf file created in sketchup just to see the results. I have been using centerlines with this software but canot apply constraints so I have to resize all the paths for each door size.
by Scott Marshburn
Sat, Apr 09 2011, 6:11AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: Question about mdf doors using custom cutters
Replies: 3
Views: 4676

Question about mdf doors using custom cutters

Has anyone tried using pockets created in ecabinets to cut mdf doors with 3 cutters?
by Scott Marshburn
Wed, Mar 30 2011, 5:42AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: Importing dxf files into shape manager
Replies: 1
Views: 2808

Importing dxf files into shape manager

Can you import a dxf file into shape manager and convert to a tol. file
by Scott Marshburn
Wed, Mar 30 2011, 5:39AM
Forum: Customer Tools
Topic: Importing dxf files into shape manager
Replies: 3
Views: 18223

Importing dxf files into shape manager

Can you import dxf files into shape manager and convert to tol. files